Bullied to death [View All]

[murielm99]

My husband served on a coroner's jury yesterday. They heard three cases. Most of it was routine, but one of them made him angry and sad.

A sixteen-year-old-boy in a nearby town committed suicide.

He was a socially awkward boy with no friends. Five idiots decided to bully him. Apparently it started during the last school year. This summer, they started calling his cell phone and leaving bullying messages. They sent disgusting e-mails. They told him he was gay. Whether or not he was gay is beside the point. The police have all of those things.

His parents and older sister were aware of the situation. They seemed to be doing what they could to help. His sister went to his summer job in the morning, and checked on him before she left. His parents went to work, too, after checking on him. Everyone thought he was all right for the day.

They found him dead when they came home. My husband did not elaborate on how the boy killed himself.

I hope something is done to the bullies. I hope they are made to pay and pay and pay in whatever way there is to make them pay.